That's EXACTLY why he's needed here. He gets "it". And his veteran presence will be much needed and I know he'll take up the task and responsibility.
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That's EXACTLY why he's needed here. He gets "it". And his veteran presence will be much needed and I know he'll take up the task and responsibility.
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The man is as much a part of Boston as Paul Revere, John Hancock & Samuel Adam’s.
Welcome back to one of the toughest players who ever laced them up
Thank you Cam and Don
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Just a little off topic but it's Paul Revere on the Sam Adam's beer logo. Apparently they liked his rugged good looks better
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I was at museum of science Wednesday and there is a lobster in there weighed about 40 lbs
When you really look at a lobster and think about it eating one is a scary thought
Feeling home again, Milan Lucic eager to step up and carry a leadership torch with centennial Bruins - The Boston Globe
“I think for me that’s probably one of the biggest things coming back, is to keep that culture and that identity . . . going in this locker room,” the 35-year-old said after eight seasons spent elsewhere.
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“Obviously real nice to be back and real nice to be in the Bruins colors and skating with all the guys again,” Lucic said after the workout. “So, a good couple of days here to end off the week into the weekend and just excited for everything to get going.”
The journey back home began when Lucic saw a familiar number scroll across his cell while on dad duty.
“I was actually on Hermosa Pier dropping off my oldest daughter at her junior lifeguard [post] when I first got the call from Don [Sweeney],” he said.
The Bruins general manager was offering the 35-year-old unrestricted free agent a deal he couldn’t resist.
“Obviously I wanted to have as many conversations as I could being a [unrestricted free agent], just to see what opportunities were out there and what was going to be the best fit for me,” said Lucic. “And after weighing out all my options and all my opportunities, I just felt like this was going to be the best one for me.”
Being a part of the franchise’s 100th season was just icing on the cake.
“That just made it more tempting to come back to Boston,” said Lucic, who was named to the club’s All-Centennial team, the entirety of which will soon be revealed. “I said it all summer long, it just feels right every time I wear this logo and support these colors. So, to have that opportunity again, it became a no-brainer as I got closer to July 1.”
During his first stint in Boston, Lucic played alongside some of the franchise’s cornerstone players of the last two decades, including Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, and his close friend and draft classmate, Brad Marchand. Only Marchand remains, and Lucic believes part of his role this season will be to mentor younger players and help maintain the club’s recent success.
“I think for me that’s probably one of the biggest things coming back, is to keep that culture and that identity, I guess, going in this locker room,” he said. “When you lose guys, like those leaders like [Chara, Bergeron, and Krejci], gives other guys like myself an opportunity to step up and carry the torch. So, I think that’s a big part of my job this year coming in. And like I said, you got to have fun with it, you got to look forward to it even though it’s a big responsibility.”
Charlie McAvoy found out he was named to the franchise’s All-Centennial team via a letter hand-delivered to him in the locker room by Lucic.
I'm wondering what the split is for handedness these days. I think more and more traditionally right handed folks are learning they prefer their dominant hand on the butt end of the stick. I do everything righty except for hockey and I know plenty of people that are the same. My beer league team seems like its at least 70/30 left shots vs. rights. Right shots are a rare commodity. Makes having McAvoy and Carlo on the backend a blessing.It does seem heavy on the left-sided guys. RW and not a conversion LWer. RD always seems to be a bit thin too. But I am open to being show to be wrong
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The Granary Cemetary next to the Park Street church where Revere, Hancock, Otis, and Samuel Adams’ is across from a cool restaurant and outside bar so you can sit outside drinking a Sam Adams looking across the street at his headstone (drink a cold Sam Adams looking at THE actual Sam Adams rests)
That cemetery is mind blowing if any of us have any awareness of American history
Take a tour and go drink a Sam Adams taking it all in and watch people cruise up and down the street a very cool experience
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Somehow I missed this. But the Bruins invited him to Development Camp but a prior commitment prevented him from attending. That's when they invited him to come to Rookie Camp and he accepted back in June.
He attended Sens camp last year.
Me too. Every year someone would bring up the possible return of Milan and I never thought it would happen.
I am so looking forward to seeing him.
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And I can't wait 'til he hand delivers a straight left to Matthew Tkachuk's mouthguard.
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They love them some left shot forwards. That’s a scientific fact
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Early in my career as a chef I handled a 36 lb. Lobster from Maine. f***ing thing was still alive and not happy. Scariest day of my life. The chef must have put me on this just for shits and giggles. I was horrified of a 2 lb lobster can you imagine how I felt about this beast. Anyway I had to boil the bastard then, cut it in half, take out the meat from the tail and claws then chop all that up, make it tasty and but it all back in the shell. Anyway after I recovered from my heart attack (jk) it all turned out really well and was a career launcher for me but dam 40 years later it still freaks me out just to think about.
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I’d love to see the total in the nhl. Left vs right shots. When I do hockey pools right wing seems to be way less deep.
Overly simplistic, perhaps, but in general the right shots are the left-handed people. I think more so in Canada than the USA. 1 out of 10 people is it are left handed? Very, very few Russians shot right. Gordie Howe, for example, was left handed. At least he signed autographs left handed.
I'm a lefty and shoot right. Both of my sons are right handed, and I taught them to shoot left. Their mom/my wife was a competitive figure skater in her youth, so we had them covered.
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I shoot left and I’m right handed. I use my right hand with one hand on the stick to defend. I’m a defensive player myself. You are on to something.
I write with my right and shoot with my right. But I'm also partially ambidextrous. I brush my teeth flawlessly with my left, can throw a ball with both hands without embarrassing myself too bad, but my left handed penmanship is horrendous.
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